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[Deleted Member 1156]

I'd love to know who makes up all this "top 100" nonsense. Everything is subjective, one mans meat is another mans poison.

Buy the magazine at the end of the year when the next list is published and you'll find out who makes up the "nonsense" I think you'll find they are all well qualified people :thup:

 

[User101]

Buy the magazine at the end of the year when the next list is published and you'll find out who makes up the "nonsense" I think you'll find they are all well qualified people :thup:

eh....what qualifies anyone to make a judgement on whether a course is better than another, bet you're one of them

 

[IanM]

eh....what qualifies anyone to make a judgement on whether a course is better than another, bet you're one of them

Yep, but if you cant tell the difference between the Broome Manor and Birkdale, it's not worth worrying about

 

[Deleted member 15344]

eh....what qualifies anyone to make a judgement on whether a course is better than another, bet you're one of them

Hence why you have a panel of judges that assess them - people on the panel have played a very high number of top courses and indeed under the Radar courses over the years

The rankings are held in very high regards by the courses themselves and when they are done they always have a good debate about it but overall most agree on the courses that are in the Top 100

But at the end of the day it’s just a magazine providing what they think are the top 100 courses - it’s not as if everyone has to agree with the list

 

[Lord Tyrion]

All lists are subjective, they are there as a talking point. The lists are not fact, they are a guide, a bit of fun, and that is how they should be looked at.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

eh....what qualifies anyone to make a judgement on whether a course is better than another, bet you're one of them

There are strict criteria for ranking the courses. It's not just a case of some bloke turning up, knocking it round and then saying "Yeah, that's a pretty good track"

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Casuk, not wish to gatecrash your thread.

Would anyone be interested in coming in(plus probably my son Adam) on this auction :-

https://ngcc.co/auction/0318-177.php

At the moment it at £550 for a 4 ball.

 

[IanM]

I would as it's charity, but I get it goes past £1000

 

[User101]

There are strict criteria for ranking the courses. It's not just a case of some bloke turning up, knocking it round and then saying "Yeah, that's a pretty good track"

haha...aye I'll bet there is strict criteria, whoever lets you on free just happens to pop up the list and any place that takes the slightest of fee from you finds themselves plummet, I think we all know how it works.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

haha...aye I'll bet there is strict criteria, whoever lets you on free just happens to pop up the list and any place that takes the slightest of fee from you finds themselves plummet, I think we all know how it works.

Thats quite a poor statement dont you think - these ratings that are produced are well respected within the golfing faternity , knowing some of the assessors im pretty confident knowing that what they are charged when they assess will have zero affect on how they judge the course.

 

[User101]

Thats quite a poor statement dont you think - these ratings that are produced are well respected within the golfing faternity , knowing some of the assessors im pretty confident knowing that what they are charged when they assess will have zero affect on how they judge the course.

I'm gonna guess you believe everything the government tells you also

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I'm gonna guess you believe everything the government tells you also

Ok Cabby

Here is the top 100 and it also has the next 100

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/courses/top-100-courses/top-100-golf-courses-60876

Let us know which courses they have got all wrong

 

[User101]

Aren't you even the slightest bit cynical that the top ten is filled with links courses.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Aren't you even the slightest bit cynical that the top ten is filled with links courses.

Not at all - the UK and Ireland are two islands surrounded by amazing coastlines and on some of those coastlines they have built some of the best courses in the world - only one inland course comes close to them - Sunningdale, unless you think a non Links should be in there

 

[User101]

How can a course go up and down, TOC down one it hasn't changed in a million years, yet it's dropped down to 4 :whoo: yet the Queens at Gleneagles is 62 :rofl:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

How can a course go up and down, TOC down one it hasn't changed in a million years, yet it's dropped down to 4 :whoo: yet the Queens at Gleneagles is 62 :rofl:

Other courses have made significant changes over the years which has moved them up the rankings and others stand still so they go down and should Queens be higher ?

 

[Val]

How can a course go up and down, TOC down one it hasn't changed in a million years, yet it's dropped down to 4 :whoo: yet the Queens at Gleneagles is 62 :rofl:

And where do you think the Queens should be?

 

[Val]

Ok Cabby

Here is the top 100 and it also has the next 100

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/courses/top-100-courses/top-100-golf-courses-60876

Let us know which courses they have got all wrong

Wallasey, definitely a top 100

 

[User101]

Queens be higher ?

Should be higher than the old, but hey, I'm no getting any freebees to pop it up so it'll have to stay where it is I guess.

Right I'm done here cause the mods don't like me debating topics as it ends in me getting banned.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Should be higher than the old, but hey, I'm no getting any freebees to pop it up so it'll have to stay where it is I guess.

Right I'm done here cause the mods don't like me debating topics as it ends in me getting banned.

Sorry you think Queens at Gleneagles should be higher than TOC ?

I suspect if you look at every single one of these list none will have that and it’s got nothing to do with people getting any freebies